Map
How to begin
o Add places to
your map by:
·
Search for them (Text search or Nearby
Search).
·
Locating them on the Map using Add Place from the menu.
·
By entering their coordinates (latitude/longitude) by
clicking Add Place -> More -> lat/lng.)
·
or directly by long
press the map at the desired location.
o Click on a
marker to show the Place Options Menu, which includes:
·
Remove that place from your map.
o Click the
little green arrow on the right of the screen to see a list of the added places
on the Map. Click on a place in the list to show it on the Map, long press any
place to directly show the Place Details page.
o You can move
a place marker that you manually add by long press that marker and drag.
(You can’t move the markers of searched places).
o You can set
your virtual location on the Map by selecting My Location (from the menu) which is useful in
many cases:
·
Start a Virtual Tour
using Street View.
·
The mobile is not able to detect your location
automatically.
·
Perform a Nearby Search
around a location other than your current location. (For example to search for
restaurants in a location you intend to visit later).
·
Share a location other than your current location. (eg: To show a friend the location
of a place he asked for).
o Share your
location on Facebook or send it as a message via Whatsapp, Viber, Messenger or by SMS: the sent message will include a link
that can be opened with GeoReality app, and the sent location
will be automatically added to the recipient Map. (If the recipient doesn’t
have GeoReality
on his mobile, then the link can be opened with Google Maps or any other maps
app).
o
Click on My Location button to center the map on your location.
Click it again to see the map from
your point of view that will rotate according to your direction.
Click the blue button to return to normal map view mode.
Search for Nearby Places
Hotels, cafes,
restaurants.
Hospitals,
pharmacies, clinics.
Gas stations, bus
stops, subways stations, train stations, car rental, airports..
Shopping malls,
supermarkets, stores, banks.
Cinemas,
theaters, museums, parks, gyms, beauty salons, bars, night clubs..
Choose the desired category to search Google for nearby places around you
in that category.
You can set the search range (distance) by clicking button. (The default
range is 100m).
With GeoReality you can reach any place you want by using the navigation feature, all
you have to do is to follow the path shown on the screen.
o
Click any marker on
the Map, and from the place options menu select
“Navigate”.
o
Select your
transportation method (by car , on foot, transit).
* Transit method may not be
available (by Google) in your area, click here to see
the list of covered cities.
o
Choose the
appropriate navigation path. (In case there is more than one path to reach that
place).
o
A navigation path
will be drawn on the map with its Waypoints and a red marker
represents the current waypoint
.
o
You can click on any
waypoint to make it the current waypoint.
o
You can adjust the
navigation path by long press the waypoint and drag it to the desired location.
o
To remove the
entire navigation path click on any waypoint and from the place
options menu choose “remove”.
o
On the Camera Interface the navigation Waypoints will be shown sequentially
starting from the current waypoint (red marker). All you have to do is to move
toward that waypoint, and when its distance to you become less than 30m, you
will be directed automatically to the next waypoint.
o
If the waypoint
become outside the camera view range, an arrow will be shown on the side of the
screen to guide you to that waypoint. The arrow color represents the
directional deviation from you (red, orange, yellow).
o
The buttons to move
forward and backward through Waypoints will be also shown on the camera
screen .
Location Based
Actions and Notifications
This service
allows you to choose actions to be performed by the mobile when you arrive to
certain places you select on the Map, like putting the
mobile on silent mode or vibrate mode or showing a notification (a memo you
have already written) when you reach that place.
o
Click any place marker on the Map and from place
options menu choose “Actions”.
o
Enable actions for that place by switching it ON then
choose the desired action.
o
When you close this
page a circle on the map will be drawn around that place representing the action
execution range.
The radius of the
circle will depend on the available resources for detecting your location. If GPS is enabled, the radius will be
100m, otherwise the circle’s radius could extend to 900m (depending on your
location accuracy), and the circles will completely disappear from the map if
the location services are not enabled on your
mobile.
* This service requires you to enable the location services on your
mobile, and it’s preferred to enable GPS for more satisfying results.
This feature works as
a background service, and it will try to detect your location at certain
time-lapses according to a developed algorithm to save battery and achieve the
best results, then the place action will be executed when your location become
within the range circle.
If the Silent or
Vibrate actions are enabled for a place, then the mobile will return to the
sound mode it had before entering the circle range, when you exit it.
Augmented
Virtual Tour (Street View)
Change your location on the Map to any place in the world,
to start your virtual tour using Google’s Street View. Instead of displaying
the real camera preview, you will see a panoramic view for that place (if
available – see the street
view coverage around the world).
Explore the points of interest around you, and search
for nearby places and get detailed information about them, just as if it is
your ‘real’ location. You can even draw a navigation path to
any place and reach it by following a set of waypoints.
Take photos of the places you visit during your
virtual tours around the world , and save it to your mobile, so you can later browse this gallery as if
you were really there.
o
Select My location from the menu.
o
Set your virtual
location on the Map.
o You can drag
the Pegman icon on the map to change
your virtual location to any other place.
o
Switch to the Camera
page to display a panoramic Street View for that place and start your virtual
tour.